Agreed, the Yankees must be convinced he’s not a legit prospect or he’d have moved by now or would at least be throwing more than one inning at a time. They’re the experts though…..

Doug

if you believe non-yankee scouts, he isn’t really a legit prospect

Steve H

He isn’t, but I’m still surprised they don’t move him up. He’s old and dominating, might as well move him up and give it a shot. If he gets crushed, he wasn’t a prospect anyway, and maybe you lose a couple of minor league games, who cares.

Doug

oh, i agree that he should be moved up….nothing to lose

http://bronxbaseballdaily.com Matt ACTY/BBD

Exactly how I feel.

Nikhil R.

yankeefan91 hit it right on the head.

Accent Shallow

Mini Tex is uninspiring.

Glad to see Marshall getting outs, although you’d like to see a better K-rate. Eh, he has the stuff, so I suppose the K-rate will come. He’s still a kid.

Drew

lol at the music they played for Jesus’s first AB.

http://anewfrontier.wordpress.com Pablo Zevallos

An important thing to note is that Dellin is comimg back from a forearm strain (per Jennings’s post), so that is something to monitor.

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Accent Shallow

If I want discredited socialist commentary from someone with tarnished credibility, I’ll just come here, thankyouverymuch.

http://bronxbaseballdaily.com Matt ACTY/BBD

+1

Landon Alger

Forearm strain?

Sorry to say, but if that forearm strain is a ‘tight forearm’, I sense a TJ for Dellin. :(

Accent Shallow

I suppose we’ll just have to wait and see. Nothing you can do about it just yet.

Accent Shallow

Do we know what the deal is with Jairo Heredia? The only information I can find says he’s on the DL and unlikely to come off soon.

Been busy man, just moved, working on unpacking, cleaning, etc. Plus I kind of stay away from the game threads because MLB.TV is delayed in the HD mode(which really doesn’t work anyway). And oh yeah, the Swish is still the bomb.

Bryan G

I am surprised that WDLR’s stuff seems so much better as a starter than when he was in relief last year. All the Scouting books call him a future reliever…is everybody just out of date on this kid?

whozat

How do you know anything about his stuff?

Jeffrey

I doubt he can move through the system that quickly. His catching skills need to catch up to his hitting. I think its worth the wait for him to get the work in if he could be a true successor to Posada. His only other chance to make it to the majors faster is if he can learn to play the corner OF or if they need a DH.

Jeffrey

that was in reference to Montero, but went to the wrong place

http://9thinning.blogspot.com VO

I know its pushing it because he just got called up to AA, but what’s the chances of Montero reaching AAA this year?

Doug

don’t think he’ll reach SWB this year, but if he continues to hit at trenton, i think he’ll open next season up there

Steve H

I’d say pretty small. AA is where most of the better prospects spend most of their time, and if Molina comes back and Cervelli goes down, they won’t move Montero just to platoon again. Guess it could happen late in the year, but I doubt he’ll get any extended time in AAA this year.

Drew

If he continues raking and walking I’d say the chances are pretty damn good.

emac2

Thank you!

If they decide he is just going to DH and he hits well enough and if the team needs him there is no reason not to allow him to earn a job in the majors late this year.

It’s not like they play 200 feet in the air with no nets in the big leagues.

He shoudn’t be rushed but he doesn’t need to be protected as though a square of rough toilet paper will ruin his bat.

james

No way they push him that fast. He’s still 19. He’ll be in AA for the rest of the year.

Mike Ashmore

No, no, no, a thousand times no. Him being in Trenton is pushing a bit, so Scranton would just be kind of crazy.

http://www.puristbleedspinstripes.com Rebecca-Optimist Prime

So they promoted Montero, can they promote Venditte?

Andy In Sunny Daytona

Forget Venditte, Melvin picked up his first save, but only struck out 1. His lack of strikeouts are a worry.